Gally surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Gally surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 254 people carried this name — #75,799 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is down 7% from 274 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 636 people named Gally.

23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 63 départements, most often Côte-d’Or.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 23
Côte-d’Or 62
Paris 60
Seine-Maritime 43
Yonne 37
Gironde 37
Haute-Vienne 27
Vendée 25
Aude 21

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

20 people named Gally live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 6
Basel-Stadt 5
Solothurn 5
Vaud 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Gally,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Gally 1696–1769 · writer
  • John Gally Knight 1741–1804 · politician
  • Jean Honoré Antoine Vincent Gally 1745– · politician
  • Francis Gally 1863–1918 · actor
  • Claude Gally 1942– · politician
  • Anna Katalin Gally 1944– · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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